IN RE POWERS

Docket No. 170851.

208 Mich. App. 582 (1995)

528 N.W.2d 799

In re POWERS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 6, 1995, at 9:55 A.M.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Larry Hachman, Prosecuting Attorney, Andrea A. Evanski, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the Department of Social Services

Arney E. Mustonen, for Rodney Powers.

Thomas L. Wilson, for Kayla M. Powers.

Before: MURPHY, P.J., and G.S. ALLEN and H.A. BEACH, JJ.


G.S. ALLEN, J.

In this case the parties ask us to determine whether the Dittrick doctrine, as set forth in In re Dittrick, 80 Mich.App. 219; 263 N.W.2d 37 (1977), applies only to parents who abuse or neglect their own children. The issue raised is one of first impression. We conclude that the principle of anticipatory...

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